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I'm planning to go to college in the fall and I've managed to narrow down to three colleges, but two of the schools I'm looking at are quite expensive (Dominican of California and UMD). The deadline f …

Multiple tier 1 extracurriculars.

I recently submitted my RD application to the University of Michigan. The portal lists something called an Expression of Continued Interest form. I was a bit confused about this ECI being open for RD …

GPA: UW 3.8, W 4.34. (My one C counted as 2 Cs through a professional curriculum, same class)

ACT: 34

Coursework: 7 APs, 8 Honors, 2 College Courses

Extracurriculars: Highly ranked chess player nationall …

As a 1st year Columbia University student I wanted to share that selecting a college on mutual fit is more important than how News Orgs. rank schools, how your friends and family value it on prestige, …

I couldn't find a section on CollegeVine addressing whether publishing an app on the app store would increase my chances of admission into an ivy league or equivalent school.

If it does, does the numbe …

I've been applying to many internships from NASA offered to high schoolers. Would getting an acceptance into any of those internships boost my chances of getting accepted into any ivy league or equiva …

Hi! I am applying for summer programs for this upcoming summer and I was wondering whether it matters to the college admissions, especially top university admissions officers, that I participate in an …

I'm a junior, starting college apps this summer. I have a fair amount of ec's, currently studying for the act, which will hopefully make up for my low gpa. Right now, I have around a 3.6 uw gpa becaus …

I'm a freshman in my second semester and I have an unweighted GPA of 3.5 and a weighted GPA of 3.6250 and wanted to know if that was a good GPA. And also I was wondering if GPA really matters in fresh …

So far I have plans to participate in summer programs, research, found a club, and more, and still, my estimated acceptance rate for UT Austin is only 40% (29% on average). Is there anything else besi …

I recently submitted my RD application to the University of Michigan. The portal lists something called an Expression of Continued Interest form. I was a bit confused about this ECI being open for RD …

Tier 1 and Tier 2 extracurriculars.

Is getting into more clubs a good chance for Harvard?

Is getting into more clubs a good chance for Harvard?

When is usually the best time to get Rec letters from teachers. Currently I have till May end about till school ends and also is there a requirement for which teachers I have to get it from.

Hi everyone,

I'm a freshman and this summer I was planning on taking chemistry to prepare for AP Bio. At my school most of the people in AP Bio are sophomores who took chemistry freshman year. Current …

Hello, everyone. I recently was contacted by an admission officer privately from a top 50 university. They asked me to provide some more information regarding my academics and some other aspects of …

I've been looking at the stats of others and have seen people mention weighted GPA a lot but do college actually look at that? Especially with how different it is at different schools. For example I h …

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Last week, I was defferred from Northeastern early action. I clicked the continue interest button on their form but I was wondering if it would be helpful to write a letter of continued interest wi …